ISTQB Foundation Certification Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 - 120
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.16% - 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.43% - 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +39.13%
South East median daily rate £450 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -18.18% -4.35% +38.72%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

ISTQB Foundation Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 466 656 737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.93% 40.39% 41.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 356 436
10th Percentile £255 £291 £210
25th Percentile £400 £422 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £562 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.95% +6.95% -1.69%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £625
90th Percentile £635 £724 £681
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £537
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.14% +2.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 55 49
10th Percentile £20.43 £41.25 £37.55
25th Percentile £22.97 £55.87 £52.19
Median hourly rate £40.44 £61.60 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -34.36% -2.67% +169.32%
75th Percentile £68.50 £75.13 £72.33
90th Percentile £88.87 £100.00 £75.76
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £60.00
% change year-on-year -57.00% -2.52% +33.33%

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISTQB Foundation Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

ISTQB Foundation Certification job vacancy trend in Berkshire

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing ISTQB Foundation Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing ISTQB Foundation Certification

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing ISTQB Foundation Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing ISTQB Foundation Certification

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 23 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Slough - 2 £450 - 1
ISTQB Foundation Certification
South East

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) Frame Relay
1 2 (100.00%) GPRS
1 2 (100.00%) GSM
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) LTE
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) SAN
1 2 (100.00%) SDH
1 2 (100.00%) UMTS
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IP Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) IP Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft